Official: Woman dies after plunging into canal between Evanston, Skokie

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Staff report

A 24-year-old woman died this morning after apparently jumping into the North Shore Channel near Main Street on the border between Evanston and Skokie, according to the Evanston Fire Department.

Emergency crews from both Evanston and Skokie were called to the scene, just east of McCormick Boulevard and Main, about 10 a.m., after someone reported a woman had jumped in the water, according to a release from Evanston Fire Division Chief Dwight Hohl.

Someone who saw the woman jump in helped rescuers locate the woman and they pulled her out of the water and took her to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in critical condition, according to the release. The woman later died, according to the release.

Information from the Cook County medical examiner's office and the Evanston and Skokie police departments was not yet available.